Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 8:21 AM EST for Fannin County, Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 8:21 AM EST (13:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 8:45 AM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fannin County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 5:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 061321
SVRFFC
GAC111-213-061345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0008.080206T1321Z-080206T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 845 AM EST
* AT 818 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREGORY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MCCAYSVILLE...CISCO...AND TENNGA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 200 PM EST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3500 8435 3499 8435 3487 8482 3490 8482
3491 8484 3494 8484 3496 8481 3498 8481
3501 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 255DEG 46KT 3496 8480
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 061331
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
830 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
GAC111-213-061345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080206T1345Z/
FANNIN GA-MURRAY GA-
830 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EST
FOR NORTHERN MURRAY AND NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTIES...
AT 827 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TENNGA AND GREGORY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MCCAYSVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 200 PM EST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3500 8435 3499 8435 3487 8482 3490 8482
3491 8484 3494 8484 3496 8481 3498 8481
3501 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 254DEG 37KT 3498 8471
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 061342
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
840 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
GAC111-213-061348-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080206T1345Z/
FANNIN GA-MURRAY GA-
840 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MURRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 AM EST...
AT 840 AM EST...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS WEAKENING...SO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 845 AM EST. THE
WEAKENING STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF TENNGA...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3500 8435 3499 8435 3487 8482 3490 8482
3491 8484 3494 8484 3496 8481 3498 8481
3501 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 254DEG 37KT 3500 8461
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 6:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 14 min |
| Feb 6, 8:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 10:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 11:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 2:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 19 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.